The Bessler Curse

[fAtnhapy]

Winkie you can't get a difinitive answer to "the weights are hooked to the wheel some way, some how, some where, will it run. If the weights applied their load on the wheel at the positions shown in your sketch it should run. How they are attached to the wheel however will determine where those loads apply themselves not where the weight just happens to reside. You have not provided enough information for anyone to really give you an intellegent answer. What your asking is will 2 + N = 4
fAt

[Wheeler]

He did say it was connected, and where it was connected.

[winkle]

Winkie you can't get a difinitive answer to "the weights are hooked to the wheel some way, some how, some where, will it run. If the weights applied their load on the wheel at the positions shown in your sketch it should run. How they are attached to the wheel however will determine where those loads apply themselves not where the weight just happens to reside. You have not provided enough information for anyone to really give you an intellegent answer. What your asking is will 2 + N = 4
fAt

the three top right weights are fixed in position till they reach the bottom
once each one reaches the bottom no longer fixed

all weight on left is applyed at the rim of wheel
all weight on right is applyed out side the rim

[fAtnhapy]

True but obviously if all the weights were rigidly connected to the wheel they would not maintian the position shown as the wheel rotated. They have to move some way. LOL
fAt

[fAtnhapy]

all weight on left is applyed at the rim of wheel
all weight on right is applyed out side the rim

Sounds like a fan to me!
fAt

[winkle]

they all move but as pictured is what i'm asking about

[Wheeler]

It is simple

[winkle]

will i get a 1/8th turn or more is what i am asking

Wheeler you need to take toe top one out and put two at the bottom

[Wheeler]

More

[winkle]

eight total

see my picture

[fAtnhapy]

will i get a 1/8th turn or more is what i am asking

Wheeler you need to take toe top one out and put two at the bottom

Ignore the "Y axis" or the height of the weights. Using only the "X axis" add the distance off all the weights on the left side of the axel together and add the distance of all the weights on the right side together. It will turn toward the bigger number until the number is equal.
fAt

[winkle]

thanks a lot
how far would be

operating on 6th grade level here

[Wheeler]

Beleive me it will move more

[winkle]

what i'm asking is
as drawn how far CW would that wheel rotate before it started to reverse it's self

[Wheeler]

Ken works with this same idea.
Check him out on his thread.